Technical Writer Resume
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Brooklyn, NY
SUMMARY
- Technical writer with seven years of communications, research, editing and writing.
- Able to simplify complex concepts and technical language for end users.
- Good with working under pressure and under deadlines Adult son of an electrical engineer, from a family of engineers.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- HTML
- XML
- CSS
- Adobe Creative Suite Premium
- Framemaker
- Peachtree
- QuickBooks
- Microsoft Excel
- Outlook
- Word
- Visio
- Access
- PowerPoint
- Quark XPress
- RoboHELP
- Lotus Notes
- Eudora
- Windows 95/98/2000/XP
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Technical Writer
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Handled XML for user manual preparation for a voicemail system.
- Generated hyperlinks, formatting, document organization and DTD info.
Development Assistant
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Wrote press releases and pitched stories.
- Generated funding and goodwill for organization through donor centered fundraising
- Set up MS Access database and managed operations.
Marketing Analyst
Confidential, Brooklyn, NY
Responsibilities:
- Oversaw and produced marketing and promotional materials.
- Helped transition business from wholesale into retail.
- Hired and managed graphic artists, authorized payments.
- Reduced sales costs.
- Hired web design firm and graphical artists.
Senior Technical Writer
Confidential, Atlanta, Ga
Responsibilities:
- Document control, change management, set changes, edited documents, white papers, wrote and edited manuals for software and hardware and set changes into documentation.
- Had responsibility for print management and worked with engineers, product managers and marketing department on documents.
- Wrote policies and procedures.
Technical Writer
Confidential, Atlanta, Ga
Responsibilities:
- Edited product profiles
- Worked with mechanical and electrical engineers to translate technical language into plain English.
- Wrote a manual that documented processes for controlling intranet web site content.
- Used my interviewing skills to get plain language answers for directing users.